Merrill drops Buncombe election lawsuit

9:50 PM,
Jul. 10, 2013

Christina Merrill

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Christina Merrill said Wednesday she is dropping her lawsuit challenging her loss in last year's District 2 race for Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, and will run again for a commission seat next year.

"While I believe that our court challenge would eventually prevail, it has always been my position to move forward in the most fiscally conservative way possible for our county," she said, and pursuing the case further would mean the county and state would have to pay attorneys to defend it.

The facts that the seat at issue, held by last year's winner, Democrat Ellen Frost, has only a ...